Shahdost

Shahdost (286-343 AD) was Patriarch of the East from 341 to 343, succeeding Shemon Bar Sabbae and preceding Barba'shmin.

Biography
Shahdost was born in Beth Garmai, Sassanid Persia in 286, and he was the archdeacon of Shemon Bar Sabbae. After the martyrdom of Shemon in 341, Shahdost was secretly named Patriarch of the East, and he was a good and pious man. He ordained several bishops and priests to succeed the martyrs, and they pledged themselves to die on behalf of their flocks. Shahdost was later arrested by the magi, and, when taken to Shapur II, he said that the head of his church was God, and that his church was a sea that would never be drained, and that the more Christians were killed, the more would multiply. Shahdost refused to worship the sun, so he and his companions were executed at the same spot as Shemon's death.